night owlie...

so i have been off work for the past four days.  it's been great.  the mister has also been off work.  we were going to go away on vacation, then decided to stay home and just hang out.  so we've done a lot of just relaxing.  he found a new game he likes (he's a little bit of a nerd, but who isn't?) which works for me because it gives me lots of time in my craft room!

i was obsessing over discovering new things on pinterest the other day and saw a cute owl canvas that was adorable.  so it gave me the idea for this  8x8 canvas.  consequently, this one looks nothing like what i thought it would, but i'm still happy with how it turned out.

night owlie
stamps:  unity
patterned paper: lilybee designs, authentique, we are memory keepers, american crafts
ink:  shabby shutters, walnut stain, seedless preserves
paint: gesso, acrylic
other: india ink-black, mod podge, modeling paste, bubble wrap

i have had a few goto places for insiration for all this mixed media madness. i have to credit my friend, cindi, for prodding inviting me to monday night ustream with tracy weinzapfel.  that pretty much started the spiral down this path!  so kuddos to tracy and cindi!  i also love things by donna downey and christy tomlinson.  those women are so crafty!!

a few people have asked to see how i do my canvases.  so i made a little video of one.  i made another butterfly canvas that i used from the mystery project to show what i do.

and if you are still with me after all of that...don't forget tomorrow is the {ippity} new release blog hop.  i have to say, once again, that i love this month's release!!  so stop on by tomorrow at 6pm mst (that's 7pm cst) and check out the new goodies!  there might be a prize involved!  

and don't forget i'm giving away some unity goodness with this post!

dream with your heart...

another card i made using the april {ippity} release (see the awesome stamps here).  it's funny because i loved the way the blog hop button turned out, so i made a card similar!  it's fun finding inspiration in places you wouldn't expect.

dream with your heart
stamps:  ippity
cardstock:  white
ink: pool party, crumb cake, so saffron, grape
tools:  corner chomper

can you believe that it's time for may's release? thursday is the day!! 7pm cst is the time. hop with us, won't you please?

make everyday...

it's friday and friends with flair time!!   visit the unity blog for all the fwf goodness!

here is the next card in my {just add ink!} kit. with the kit, card making is simplified for you.  the kit contains supplies to make 10 cards (five of two different designs), envelopes and an awesome {ippity} stamp set.  all cardstock is precut.  all you have to do is stamp and assemble.  this particular card will require a corner rounder, too.  or you can leave the corners as is.  up to you!!

make everyday
stamps: ippity
cardstock: crumb cake, vanilla, bo bunny pp
ink: crumb cake, walnut stain
embellishments:  baker's twine
tools:  corner chomper

i have two different {just add ink!} kits.  you can see them both on my {ippity} blog and order them there.  the nice thing about these kits is there is no stress of making christmas cards or cards to have on hand for any occasion.  just assemble and mail! order either {just add ink!} kit before thanksgiving and i'll throw in a few extra goodies!

and happy 11/11/11!!!    

witchey poo...

here is my probably one and only halloween card for the year!! i just don't love halloween even though while sorting my stamps i have a whole box of halloween stamps!  this is a digi stamp from hambo. 

witchey poo
digi stamps: hambo
cardstock: dusty durango, basic black, wrmk pp
ink: onyx black, walnut stain, old olive craft
embellishments: glossy accents, clear embossing powder, prismacolor markers
 

happy heart...

happy monday!  it has been a whirlwind of a weekend for me and i can't believe monday has come so soon.  i have spent the past 5 days with 10 of my crafties.  we spent the time crafting, talking, laughing, eating, shopping and generally having a fabulous time.  i even managed to get a few projects done.  i hosted an atc swap with the theme of "a year in atcs."  each person picked a month and created an atc with that month as the theme.  i had february.  here's my set of atcs.  i'm sad to see everyone go home, but glad they all made it home safely.  i'm counting the days until we get together again in april!

happy heart
stamps: ippity
cardstock: blushing bride, early espresso, we r memory keepers pp
ink: early espresso, fired brick distress
 

and i didn't forget about the winner of the {ippity} goodness from the blog hop on oct 1.  
the winner is...

Jullia said...

Just became a follower.

Lovely ATC's. Great job on both projects! Hugs, Julia

10/1/11 3:36 PM

congrats, julia!! please send me an email to collect your goodies!!

bananas...

hambo stamps comes up with some of the greatest stamps and sayings!  this one is a digi image.  i decided to submit for the hambo stamps design team.  i'm not going to stress about it...but it can't hurt to submit, right?  besides, who wouldn't want to be a "bacon bit"?  check out their blog if you haven't ever!  this is one of the two cards i made.

bananas
digi stamps:  hambo stamps
cardstock: early espresso, amuse polka dot
ink: yellow citrus
tools: scallop border punch, label punch, scallop crop-a-dile, prismacolor markers

up and away...

remember my post last week about the wizard of oz swap i was roped into hosting?  i had the theme of  the hot air balloon, too.  here is the set of atcs i made for it.  i love this little hot air ballon!!

up and away
stamps:  bella blvd + unity
cardstock: purely pomegranate, my mind's eye pp, we r memory keepers pp
ink: soft sky, island indigo, bermuda bay, baja breeze, onyx black

and remember that it is friends with flair today, being friday and all.  did you know that if you either participate in fwf or simply comment on any of the fwf participants you can win a big old bag of stamps from unity?   i was picked as a winner a couple of weeks ago.  so much fun to get them in the mail!  and since i've become somewhat of a unity addict fan, i had a few duplicates.  so i'm going to pass the good karma along to you this week.  that means not only can you win from unity, you could win from me, too!  i'll pick a random comment on saturday night to win a little bag of unity lovelies (stamps).

and...don't forget about the {ippity} challenge going on.  check this post out and you could win some {ippity} goodies, too!!

gotta love friday and free stamps!!

loads of love...

today is all about loads of love.  first, it's my wonderful hubby's birthday!

happy birthday to the man who makes

me the happiest girl in all the land!!

second, it's new release day for {ippity}!!  so that means two new sets are now available.  they are both great.  i made a card using the set 'loads of love'.  i am so in love with this cute little basket of laundry.  maybe it will inspire me to do more laundry!!  probs not.  if you have to have this laundry basket stamp as much as i did, i can hook you up with that.  visit my {ippity} blog to order.  (did i mention it's only SIX bucks???  crazy!!)

and it's friday, so it's friends with flair!  take a look-see over at the unity blog for some great projects!  because who doesn't like the chance to win free stamps??

have loads of fun this weekend!  *groan*

loads of love...
stamps: ippity
cardstock:  daffodil delight, crumb cake
ink: early espresso, calypso coral, spun sugar distress, old paper distress
embellishments: glitter pen
tools: cloud corner chomper, prismacolor markers

life is good...

life is good, especially when it's friday!!  and if you read my blog much, you know friday usually means friends with flair-a little blog hop with unity lovers creating all sorts of crafty goodness. check them all out here.  and also a chance to win free stamps! who doesn't love that??  just look for the magic blinkie!  my friend suzi is hosting three different atc swaps.  the theme for them is using paper from three different companies.  this set is for the echo park swap.  i so {heart} echo park.  and unity happens to have  co-brand stamps that match!!  hope you all have a great friday!!

life is good
stamps: unity
cardstock: hot fudge, vanilla
ink: early espresso, bermuda bay
tools: cloud corner chomper

polar bear...

wow!  i can't believe i haven't posted in a week!  ok, i guess i can.  i worked a few days and when i do that in a row, i don't get much crafting done.  i also started school again yesterday.  can you hear the enthusiasm in my post?  (yep, that's because it's not there!!)  only two classes left...so i can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!  hooray!  i did manage to get some time in my craft room yesterday and today...might be the last for a few days.  i made a set of atcs for a polar bear swap i'm hosting.  isn't he cute?

polar bear
stamps: studio g
cardstock: jillibean soup, early espresso
ink: crumb cake, onyx black
tools: cloud corner chomper

everyday...

it's h{ippity} hop time!  what's h{ippity} hop you ask?  just a friendly little blog hop where {ippity} stamps are used.  did you all survive the holiday weekend of festiveness?  hope so.  i had an amazing holiday.  i made this card thinking this is good advice for every day!!  it's kind of a card on a card.  not your typical card that opens.  it's a flat card base and the white center section lifts up with a place to write a message.  i was thinking a little outside the box on this one.  be sure to hop on through the rest of the creations, starting at the {ippity} blog. 

everyday

stamps: ippity

cardstock: early espresso, crumb cake, pear pizazz

ink: crumb cake, pear pizazz, always artichoke, walnut stain
embellishments:  su ribbon

other: corner chomper

remember if you need some of these fabulous {ippity} stamps and santa gave you a little christmas green, stop by my {ippity} blog and i can hook you up!!

bonjour...

it's looking a little (note:  little) like christmas in my craft room.  i've been working on a couple of christmas/holiday themed swaps.  this one was fun.  kirsty is hosting a 12 days of christmas atc swap.  we each chose a day and had to make 12 atcs for that day.  i had 3 french hens.  hence the title!  my favorite is his fuzzy little barret!

bonjour

stamps: penny black

cardstock: old olive, riding hood red, we r memory keepers pp

ink: cherry cobbler, early espresso

embellishments: prismacolor markers, glossy accents, fun flock

chicks rule...

t.g.i.f. this week has been eternally long. i'm so glad it's almost over. and it's memorial day this weekend, so does that mean summer is finally here? probably not in utah...but we'll see. by now you should know that friday means friends with flair!! here's my contribution this week. who says crowns on birds aren't cool?

remember to catch the rest of the blog hop back at the {unity blog}!


chicks rule
stamps: unity
cardstock: soft suede-su; walnut cream-bazzill; we r memory keepers & american crafts pp
ink: chocolate chip
embellishments: ribbon, stickles, bling
tools: corner rounder



ps. chicks do rule!!!

sew what...

can you believe it's friday already? and that means another friends with flair friday!! do you ever sometimes just want to say "so what?" to some people? i find myself thinking that A LOT! but i never really say it out loud. well, here's the perfect excuse! of course, it's a little different and maybe not so rude! the funny thing about this...didn't i post not too long ago that i was done with paper piecing? i guess i lied!

be sure to start {here} at the beginning of the blog hop so you can be on the lookout for the special blinkie. find it and comment for your chance to win 25 stamps from unity! woot woot!

happy friday!!


sew what?
stamps: unity
cardstock: very vanilla-su; fancy pants pp; my mind's eye pp; american crafts pp
ink: onyx black versafine; ice blue-colorbox chalk ink
embellishments: waxed cord, hemp twine
tools: corner rounder

just saying hello...

howdy! that's what i feel like this little guy is saying. i love this little digi stamp. this is for my "what's up with ewe?" atc swap. another set i finished at palooza!

just saying hello
stamps: basic grey, purple onion
digi stamp: whimsie doodles
cardstock: kraft, we r memory keepers pp
ink: onyx black, certainly celery, baja breeze
embellishments: prismacolor markers
tools: nestabilities

happy butterflies...

today i didn't have quite the mojo working with my stamps. i only got a few sets done and it took all day long!! this one is made from more unity goodness. can't get enough right now!

happy butterflies
stamps: unity
cardstock kraft, certainly celery, we r memory keepers pp
ink: onyx black, certainly celery, chocolate chip
embellishments: prismacolor markers, stickles

beware...

hello from sunny angola, indiana!! today started the beginning of the girl's trip/get together of a bunch of friends from over at the stamp shack, palooza 2010! and i was pretty creative this afternoon. i ended the first day of crafting with three sets of atcs and a card done. here is one of the sets of atcs i made. it's for chris's flamingo swap. and i'll apologize now for the dark pictures. i took it at night in a dimly lit room, without my usual camera!

beware
stamps: viva las vegas stamps
cardstock: hot fudge-mft; pink pirouette, purely pomegranate-su; my mind's eye pp
ink: melon mambo
embellishments: uni ball singo gel pen
tools: corner chomper, ek success punch, cricut

some unity love...

so i recently discovered a new stamp company. unfortunately for my wallet, i absolutely love, love, love them! i'm talking about unity stamp company. oh my loveyness! the stamps are so stinking cute! and the bonus is you can buy them online or in stores. the shocker is i can even find them in utah at archiver's! woot woot! (geez...this is starting to sound like an infomercial!)

i also am doing something of of a first and joined my first blog hop! it's for unity, of course! it's called friends with flair friday. and a group of people do a blog hop. if you start at the unity blog (clickie, clickie) and find the blog with the special blinkie, you could win a bunch of cute stamps! so what are you waiting for? go start at the beginning!!

here is a little card i made out of this new set i just got. i had no idea what on earth i would need a set of lamp stamps for but they were just too cute to pass up! i can't believe i even paper pieced when only a few posts back i swore i wouldn't do it again for a while!!

simply shine
stamps: unity
cardstock: purely pomegranate, we r memory keepers pp
ink: versamark, chocolate chip
embellishments: zing chestnut embossing powder-american crafts

sprockets...

i joined a robot swap with my friend chris. why? i have no idea. that's what i've been asking myself the past week or so while trying to figure out what to do. i found this cute sprockets paper at michael's and it made me think of the old snl sprockets routine. "we shall dance." but of course i couldn't figure out how to make that work. so this is what i came up with.


sprockets
stamps: we r memory keepers, imaginisce
cardstock: kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, recollections pp
ink: kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, basic black craft ink
embellishments: clear embossing powder

play ball...

who doesn't love monkeys? i have a few of these little guys. luckily, my stamping friends do too! suzi hosted a swap using monkeys. i'm so ready for summer and sun so i thought i'd use my baseball changito monkey for the swap. play ball!!

play ball
stamps: stampendous
cardstock: kraft-su; candy apple-bazzill; three bugs in a rug pp
ink: night of navy, onyx black
embellishments: prismacolor markers
tools: corner chomper